Halloween Tricks and Treats

Here are my three favorite Halloween treat recipes:

Pumpkin Cookies

1 1/2 C. butter
1 1/2 C. Sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 C. canned pumpkin
1 1/2 t. vanilla
3 C. flour
1 1/2 t. soda
3/4 t. salt
1 1/2 t. cinnamon
3 C. chocolate chips (optional)
2 C. chopped pecans (optional)

Cream butter sugar and egg. Sift together and add dry ingredients. Mix well, and drop by tablespoon on greased cookie sheet. Bake 350 10-12 minuets. Yeild 4 dozen ( trust me, it won't be enough)

I love to leave out the chocolate chips, add extra pecans and top with maple frosting.

Maple Frosting

1/4 C. butter
2 C. powdered sugar
1/4 t. maple flavoring
evaporated milk to spreading consistency

Warning this next one should be illegal.

Carmel Popcorn

4 bags butter flavor microwave popcorn
popped and sorted.
Mix all of the next ingredients in a heavy sauce pan,
heat at high/medium till boiling , boil three minuets,
stir constantly. Pour over popcorn(and 1can mixed nuts, if desired)
1 C. butter
1 C. white sugar
1 C. Brown Sugar
1 C. Karo Syrup
1 can sweetened condensed milk

Try not to eat the whole batch yourself.

This one is my favorite, now, to me sugar cookies is all about the word sugar. I like the cookies thick and the icing thicker and I think they're better the next day when its all had a chance to blend together in to one big sugary pastry.

Sugar Cookies

1 C. Shortening
2 C. sugar
2 eggs
1 C. butter milk or
1C. evaporated milk
1 T. vinegar added to
butter milk or evaporated milk
2 t. vanilla
cream above and add
6 1/2 C. flour
1 t. salt 2 t. soda

Roll out 1/4" thick, on floured surface,
cut into desired shape.Bake 350, 8-10 minuets.
Cool and frost

Butter Cream Frosting

1 C. butter
8 C. powdered sugar
evaporated milk to spreading consistency.
1/2 t. food coloring

There you have it my three favorite treats. the trick is not gaining 10 lbs. in one day. You are only laughing if you haven't tasted them.